No. 132 - Nonpareil Huang Shan Mao Feng Green Tea
History
Due to its ideal tea growing environment of high mountains, cool weather and cloudy weather, the area around Mt. HuangShan in Anhui has been used to cultivate high quality tea for centuries. Modern HuangShan MaoFeng tea however traces its roots back to the late 1800's and a merchant called Xie Zheng An, who fled the war at the time and decided to setup a family tea business at HuangShan Mountain. Naming it after where it was produced – HuangShan mountain – and its appearance – looking like a fur covered mountain peak - the tea his family produced quickly became very popular in China due to its excellent quality and great taste and aroma.
Origin Place
Shexian County (??????), also called as She County, is a famous historic and cultural city lying in the south of Anhui Province. It geographically locates at 118°15′E to 118°53′E, 29°30′N to 30°7′N. The county belongs to Huangshan City, covers an area of 2122 square kilometres.
Tea garden
Dailin Tea Garden is located in Da Guyun village in Huang Shan. Da Guyun originally was implicating high mountains and deep valleys. The tea garden lies in remote areas in high mountains, at which the air is clean, the climate is moist and the four seasons are distinct. People here only plant tea and chrysanthemum.
About the Farmer
Mr Ke, who was born and grown up in the tea village, has been in tea industry for more than 40 years. He began to pick tea follow with parents early in his childhood and aspired to become a excellent tea maker. He started to learn making tea in his 15-year and quickly mastered the traditional skill of making Huang Shan Mao Feng tea. “I will devoted my whole life accompany with tea, as well as the innocent tea village” said Mr Ke.
Tea Tree species
The fresh tea leaves are from tea trees of Huangshan large-leaf species, originally distributes in Huang Shan. It is characteristic in early sprout, dense sprout, strong bud, numerous fuzz. The sample of one bud with two leaves of spring tea from this species contains about 5.2% of amino acid, 24.50% of tea polyphenols, 138.04 mg/g of catechin and 44.03% of aqueous extract.
| SKU | 8132 |
|---|---|
| Shelf Life | 10 Years |
| Origin | China |
| Packed | United States of America |
| Ingredients | Green tea |
| Antioxidant | High |
| Caffeine | Low |
| Iced? | No |
| Lemon? | No |
| Milk? | No |
| Mint? | No |
| Sugar? | No |
| Chinese Gongfu Method (Water Amount) | 2.87 fl oz / 85 ml |
| Chinese Gongfu Method (Water Temp) | 176 F / 80 C |
| Chinese Gongfu Method (Amount) | 3 g |
| Chinese Gongfu Method (Time) | Rinse, 30s, 60s, 90s |
| Western Method (Water Amount) | 8.45 fl oz / 250 ml |
| Western Method (Water Temp) | 176 F / 80 C |
| Western Method (Amount) | 1 Tablespoon |
| Western Method (Time) | 3-5 Mins (to taste) |
| All Natural | Yes |
| Gluten Free | Yes |
| Kosher | No |
| Non-GMO | Yes |
| Organic | No |